From Software
K. K. From Software (Japanese株式会社 フロム·ソフトウェア, Kabushiki - gaisha Furomu Sofutowea ) is a Japanese developer and publisher of computer games.
History
The company was founded on November 1, 1986 by Jin Naotoshi the development of business applications for the PC, before the company got in 1994 with the release of the self-developed computer role-playing game King's Field in the computer game industry. Since then, the company released the internal and external development for various platforms including Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows, and various mobile phones. The company is next to the King's Field series, among other things known for creating the series Armored Core and Otogi and the title Demon 's Souls and Dark Souls. In addition, From Software publishes the Tenchu series of Acquire. For sales outside of Japan, From Software with various other publishers working together, including Activision, Atlus, Namco Bandai Games, Sega and Sony.
The King's Field series since first publication brought four parts and various offshoots, as well as a fan - development tool with the title Sword of Moonlight: King 's Field Making Tool forth. From Software's biggest franchise currently has 15 published titles (as of 2013) is the Mech- Simulation Armored Core. In collaboration with Sega published From Software 2006 Mech simulation Chromehounds. In Europe and North America, the company is best known for his role playing Demon 's Souls and Dark Souls, which are characterized by a particularly high degree of difficulty. The 2009 published Demon's Souls developed for U.S. publisher Atlus as a surprise success. Originally reckoned From Softwares Publishing Partners with sales of 75,000 units in the U.S., with 280,000 units this forecast was exceeded by the almost fourfold. Published in 2011 with From Software Dark Souls an ideal successor to Demon 's Souls. The game sold despite its niche character, more than 2.3 million copies, 500,000 copies in Japan and 1.8 million in North America and Europe.